James Logan Tech LTD. Technology Consulting; turn your vision into reality.

Machine Learning product (2020-2022)

Completely researched, designed, implemented and integrated a machine learning based model with full documentation and quantitative statistical analyses.

Full Stack Development (2019-2021)

Lead a small team designing and implementing a carbon credit API and front end.

Systems Integration Project (2019-2022)

Implementing a design schema to completely integrate all current and future systems of a SME. Hardware research, sourcing, installation, networking, programming and testing. Software development simultaneously to interlink data.

ERP-Custom System Integration Design Document (2019)

Systems Architect for the research, development and design of a complete systems integration project. Paramount to this project was the integration between Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (aka NAV) and multiple in-house custom systems.

Internal Ticketing and CRM (2016-2019)

Systems Architect for an internal Ticketing and CRM project. The desktop component was written in Java. The mobile component was also written in Java for Android. The database was MySQL.

Experimental Geo Location Mobile Application (2017)

Systems Architect and designer for an experimental social media and geolocation application for Android. Non relational databases were considered for the application as it had heavy asynchronous functionality.

SME Technical Projects, Contracted Agile Project Manager (2019-2022)

One of the extra duties I was assigned when hired by Switch Engineering for the purpose of writing technical documentation design documents pertaining to an ERP-custom systems integration was Agile Project Management. I found myself quickly leading the daily scrums, organizing key meetings, making key sales introductions and hires for the aforementioned project and many others.

I was doing weekly burn-downs; an advanced project management tool, to quantify our work and was responsible for keeping our projects on time. Additionally I was plotting advanced Gantt charts; both on white boards, in LaTeX for my form writings and using InstaGantt SAAS.

SME Software Development, Contracted Agile Project Manager (2019-2021)

I lead a small team designing and implementing a carbon credit API and front end and used Agile Project Management for the entire team. We were able to create a fully data-driven web-application with dynamic .pdf generation for certification for the purchase of carbon offsets. Additionally, we were able to create a Shopify store front-end that used our carbon credit API to sell carbon offsets with another team designing the front-end.

Corporate POS, Project Manager and Team Lead (2018-2019)

Team Lead for nationwide point of sale (POS) systems installation project. Team Lead for nationwide self check out (SCO) systems installation project.

Corporate POS, Project Manger and Team Lead (2018-2019)

Project lead for WSC for the commissioning of various new stores in Edmonton. I was the exclusive point of contact between WSC and the corporate project manager. All installations went perfectly, even when integrators and contractors were late in delivering. Ensured complete systems functionality during launch days.

Corporate POS, Team Lead, Project Lead (2017-2018)

Team Lead for server migration project.

Corporate POS, Team Lead, Project Lead (2017-2018)

Team Lead on multiple projects for hardware installations and server migrations.

WSC, Team Lead, Project Lead (2015-2018)

Dell Certified Systems Engineer work, as an individual and as a team lead. Field repairs for home, business and enterprise systems. Business hardware deployments.

Machine Learning product (2020-2022)

Completely researched, designed, implemented and integrated a machine learning based model. Lead a small AGILE team integrating the model with an existing product.

Multiple Design Documents and Quantitative Statistical Analyses were drafted and presented to stakeholders multiple times throughout the project(s).

Tensorflow, Keras

Able to use and Tensorflow and the Keras API with proficiency using Python. Multivariate linear regression analysis. Classification. Distributed training with Keras. Bare metal install and GPU setup. Cloud API ML integration.

SHRED

May quality for SHRED funding to help pay for the direct costs of this type of research. Able to provide academic quality documentation for work done.

20 Years Experience

Over 20 years of experience working on Enterprise grade equipment.

DCSE - Enterprise

One of dozens of certifications to be able to repair enterprise equipment under warranty. Soft skills are part of the certification process. Along with our Managed HR partners, we have serviced thousands of Dell warranty-dispatched field repairs; from laptops to research centers to mission-critical datacenter field repair.

Network Hardware

Installation/commissioning of network switches, firewalls, routers, patch panels. Troubleshooting for network racks.

Network Programming

Access to top-tier experts via our Manged Human Resources. We have the right people to remotely dial in and fix most problems. Security experts in network penetration and common exploits/hacks.

Servers

Installation/Commissioning/Operation/Maintenance (IMAC) of servers; rack-mounted or otherwise. BSD, GNU, Linux, RHEL(Red Hat Enterprise Linux), MacOS, Windows, Experimental OS; if it's a computer we can probably help.

University Educated

All documentation is written exclusively by University of Alberta alumni.

Research-grade Documentation

All documentation can be prepared in LaTeX for an academic look and feel that lends itself towards SHRED research.

Design Documents

Create design documents for new projects for organizational knowledge transference. Having good documentation reduces training hours required for new hires working on proprietary products.

A simple Markdown document might be all that your in-house project requires. Having a good README.md, and using Github badges can often convey information better than a formal pdf. These documents can always be written retroactively but are always necessary for product knowledge transition.

Executive Summaries

Elegant and brief, Executive Summaries convey critical project points in language non-technical officers can easily understand.

Digital Signage

Can rapidly develop solutions for custom digital signage including e-paper. Off the shelf consumer parts can be used to affordably produce prototypes for digital signage concepts.

IOT

Development of experimental IOT devices. Proficient at C and C++ programming for low-level hardware solutions.

Security

Can develop custom security solutions. This is highly limited due to the availability of alarm system components and other building management system devices that are truly open source.

Arcade Controllers

Custom fabrication of arcade controllers using USB encoders and wood.

Systems Integration Project (2019-2022)

Implementing a design schema to completely integrate all current and future systems of a SME. Hardware research, sourcing, installation, networking, programming and testing. Software development simultaneously to interlink data.

ERP-Custom System Integration Design Document (2019)

Systems Architect for the research, development and design of a complete systems integration project. Paramount to this project was the integration between Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (aka NAV) and multiple in-house custom systems.

Fundamentally Talented

Proficient in HTML/CSS/JS; the basics. Able to solve most problems with just HTML, CSS and the SVG DOM. Center a div without invoking a framework to do so. Inline critical above-the-fold content.

Multiple Frameworks

Able to use multiple frontend frameworks including Angular, Bootstrap, JQuery and more!

Pre-Compilation Tools

Proficient in SCSS and TypeScript to draw the bugs out at compile time rather than runtime.

Post-Compilation Tools

Able to use the tools that drive the major frameworks without the overhead. Postcss, Babel, Webpack and more! Improve your Lighthouse score without using a framework.

Backend Design

Get your product production ready. Our team will architect, implement, test and document a backend to suit your needs.

Database

Maria, MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and more! A well-designed database that's appropriate for the use case is the foundation for a data-driven application.

Server

Whether it's AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Linode, bare-metal; whether it's a full-blown Unix or GNU/Linux server, a Docker image or just a Heroku application, we can get your application server/service running in a production state.

NGINX/Apache

Proficient with both NGINX and Apache.

Django/PHP/Express

From Django to PHP to Express, we can help with your backend.

REST API

Django (Python) expert specializing in rapid REST API construction.

Breadth and Depth

If it's a system, we can either administer it in-house or use our Managed HR services to connect you with the right expert for the job.

Cloud Proficiencies

Proficient in administering AWS, Azure, Google API, Google Cloud and Linode services.

Networking

Cisco hardware administration. General network administration; Unix, GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac.

SCO

The fastest SCO (Self Check Out) team in the west.

Retail

We are polite and professional. Your customers will think we're staff.

Deployment

Speedy, precise, neat.

White Glove

White Glove IMAC services for point of sale.

Decades of Experience

Our team has decades of experience with point of sale. We have the tools and expertise to get the job done right, on-time and with professionalism.

BreakFix

We are available for BreakFix on demand in the Edmonton area.

Complete POS Project Architecting

Experience in fully architecting a POS system for use in premium outlet malls nationwide. Hardware, software, custom programming, documentation, supply chain, technical support schemata were architected and successfully deployed.

Your Own POS?

Contact us for a custom solution or for help with off-the-shelf solutions.

Custom Plots

Custom mathematical plotting for data modeling using matplotlib and Python. This is most suitable for documentation of quantitative statistics.

Dashboards

See your data. Visualize your database by embedding dashboards directly into the administrative section of your website.

PowerBI

Experience creating PowerBI reports and dashboards directly linked to live ERP data.